Archeology and the scientific method / by Fay-Cooper Cole -- The reliability of radiocarbon dates for late glacial and recent times in central and eastern North America / by James B. Griffin -- A skeptic's view of radiocarbon dates / by Charles B. Hunt -- A note on glacial chronology and the validity of radiocarbon dates / by Hans E. Suess -- Responsibilities of the archeologist in using the radiocarbon method / by Clement W. Meighan -- Fremont ceramics / by James H. Gunnerson -- Summary report of the excavation of the Karlo Site / by Francis A. Riddell -- Dwarf mammoths and man on Santa Rosa Island / by Phil C. Orr -- Horticulture with irrigation among the Great Basin Paiute : an example of stimulus diffusion and cultural survival / by Adan E. Treganza